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Rolex. A rare and attractive stainless steel and pink gold automatic "bubble back" wristwatch with pink "California" dial and bracelet
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Rolex. A rare and attractive stainless steel and pink gold automatic "bubble back" wristwatch with pink "California" dial and bracelet

SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, CHRONOMETER, REF. 3372, CASE NO. 223'477, CIRCA 1943

Closed10 November 2014

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CHF 10,625

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Rolex. A rare and attractive stainless steel and pink gold automatic "bubble back" wristwatch with pink "California" dial and bracelet
Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Chronometer, ref. 3372, case no. 223'477, circa 1943
Automatic movement, 17 jewels, pink "California" dial with luminous Arabic, Roman, baton and dagger numerals, stainless steel tonneau-shaped water-resistant bubble back type case, gilt bezel, stainless steel screw back, pink gold screw down crown, stainless steel and pink gold riveted Rolex bracelet and deployant clasp, case, dial and movement signed
33 mm. diam

Specialist note

The "bubble back" was during a period of over 20 years one of the firm's best-sellers, made in a nearly unlimited number of variations in terms of case shape, case material and dial designs.

The present example reunites every conceivable element a "bubble back" collector can possibly aspire to: the fancy steel and pink gold case, a rose-colored California dial highlighted with luminous numerals and the stainless steel and pink gold Rolex Oyster bracelet.